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July 1, 2026

Privileges for Managing Sessions and Global Sessions

Certain privileges are required to view sessions and global sessions in Horizon Console.

The following table describes the privileges required for each type of session.

Session TypeSession DescriptionRequired Privileges
SASessions that are hosted on a resource not used in a pod federation in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment.Any privilege that has the Access group, Local pod, or All scope on the desktop pool or farm’s access group.
SBSessions that are hosted on a local pod cluster resource but are served from a pod federation in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment.Any privilege that has the Access group, Local pod, or All scope on the desktop pool or farm's access group, or Manage Global Sessions or Manage Help Desk (Read only) on the global entitlement's access group.
SCSessions that are hosted on a remote pod cluster resource but are served from a pod federation in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment.Manage Global Sessions or Manage Help Desk (Read only) on the global entitlement's access group.

SA and SB type sessions are listed on session pages other than Search Sessions in Horizon Console. The following table describes the privileges required to manage sessions on those pages.

OperationRequired Privileges
Send messageManage Sessions on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
DisconnectManage Sessions on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
LogoffManage Sessions on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
Restart desktopManage Reboot Operation on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
Reset virtual machineManage Reboot Operation on the desktop pool or farm's access group.

All types of sessions are listed on the Search Sessions page in Horizon Console. The following table describes the privileges required to manage these sessions.

Session TypeOperationsRequired Privileges
SASend message, disconnect,log offManage Sessions on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
SARestart desktop, reset virtual machineManage Reboot Operation on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
SBSend message, disconnect, log offManage Global Sessions on the federation access group of any of the global entitlements for the session, or Manage Sessions on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
SBRestart desktop, reset virtual machineManage Global Sessions on the federation access group of any of the global entitlements for the session, or Manage Reboot Operation on the desktop pool or farm's access group.
SCAny operationManage Global Sessions on the federation access group of any of the global entitlements for the session.

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